Butter Pie Crust

A classic, flaky pie crust made with cold butter, flour, and ice water. This versatile dough creates a tender, buttery base perfect for both sweet and savory pies.

8 servings
2 hr

Ingredients

  • cups all purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • ¾ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup unsalted butter
  • 6 tablespoons ice water

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1.

    Mix flour, sugar, and salt in processor. Add butter; pulse until coarse meal forms. Gradually blend in enough ice water to form moist clumps. Gather dough into ball; divide in half. Form dough into 2 balls; flatten into disks. Wrap each in plastic; chill 2 hours or overnight.

    120 min